) and let it float on top? I’m wondering if the placement affects how much hop aroma is in the end product.
Thanks. I used to throw them in too but they started gumming up my kegging operation. Now I put them in a bag.
You know how much hops expand when wet.
Yikes!
My approach has been that, if I soak the bag in Star San before adding the hops and throwing it in the fermenter, the chance of an infection is very low. Am I wrong?
Well, you know that when magnets get wet they stop working. Heard it on the internet, so it must be true
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Something about the humulin concentration affecting the direction of relative North getting disrupted and the electrical conductivity of the Earth's aura reorienting...Well, you know that when magnets get wet they stop working. Heard it on the internet, so it must be true
Well, yeah. That and Coriolis effect. After all, physics teaches us that the "Coriolis Force is an inertial force that acts upon objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame." Now I for one have no deep understanding of what all that 'sciencey' stuff means, but I'm pretty sure that what ever it is, it means it could really screw up some magnets if it decided to.Something about the humulin concentration affecting the direction of relative North getting disrupted and the electrical conductivity of the Earth's aura reorienting...
Should this discussion be moved to the THC-infused beer thread?
Maybe high time.
Nicely played.
Do you keep the beer at 50F while dry hopping, or do you just get it there to drop yeast and then let it ride back up to room temp after dry hopping? I've been considering adding Ascorbic acid to my toolbox but not sure it's worth it given my kegs last only 30-45 days.
I am in the process in deciding between continuing to dry hop + serve in the same keg versus getting a standalone fermenter. If I go the fermenter route, I am deciding between the FermZilla tri-conical or All Rounder. I do not harvest yeast so I do not think I need the bottom port included on the tri-conical, but if it's beneficial to drop trub before dry hopping, I may need to consider it. It was my understanding its primary purpose was to harvest yeast.
Yes. I've been following Scott Janish's work published in his book "The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor". I used to do an involved multi-phase dry hopping including a round two days post-pitch, then another or even two more rounds later on. I'm getting the same intensity from just one 2-day dry hop after dropping the yeast...
Dumping trub is mostly beneficial to limit the likelihood of restarting fermentation through hop creep. I use a Fermzilla and collection jar for this purpose though will be switching to a tri-conical body with a 90 degree tri-clamp elbow.
